Battle of Beneventum (275 BC)

The Battle of Beneventum (275 BC) was the last battle of the Pyrrhic War. It was fought near Beneventum, in southern Italy, between the forces of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus in Greece, and the Romans, led by consul Manius Curius Dentatus. The result was a Roman victory (possibly strategic) and Pyrrhus was forced to return to Tarentum, and later to Epirus.

For The first battle of the Second Punic War with the same name, see Battle of Beneventum (214 BC). For the second battle of the Second Punic War with the same name, see Battle of Beneventum (212 BC).
Battle of Beneventum
Part of the Pyrrhic War
Date275 BC
Location
Beneventum (modern Benevento), Campania, Italy
41°08′N 14°47′E
Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic Epirus
Commanders and leaders
Manius Curius Dentatus Pyrrhus
Strength
17,000 infantry
1,200 cavalry		 20,000 infantry
3,000 cavalry
20 elephants
Casualties and losses
9,000 killed 11,000 killed
2 elephants killed
8 elephants captured
Location within modern Italy
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